A few years ago, when I still lived in Winnipeg, there were some unsettling sounds in town. At first I couldn’t believe what they were, I thought perhaps wild dogs or something, but they were coyotes.
When I grew up, coyotes had always been painted as fearsome beasts, a tad smaller than wolves, but just as blood thirsty.
The truth is a lot more complicated. In Winnipeg, I have often seen coyotes in the streets, just walking along, doing harm to nobody. The negative connotation of blood thirsty was a complete myth. And a bad one at that.
Like with all wild animals, it’s better to give them their space and stand your own. Then each can go his/her separate way in peace.
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To hear them laughing close to your back yard is still kind of unsettling. Listen for yourself 
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The memory of this pack of coyotes (Canis latrans) is now a fond one.
Until next time…
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